December 1st, 2014
By Rivkela Brodsky
Just getting that first appointment with a private psychiatrist is a difficult process and having insurance doesn’t make it easier, according to a new study by Harvard...
December 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In September, a class action lawsuit filed against the American Psychological Association saw new life when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled to reverse a...
December 1st, 2014
By Janine Weisman
Rhode Island’s Central Falls School District has been awarded a $3.68 million federal grant for a pilot project to steer middle and high school students with budding...
December 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
Three years ago, the American Humane Association launched “Canines and Childhood Cancer: Examining the Effects of Therapy Dogs with Childhood Cancer Patients and their...
December 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
In August, Providence College in R.I. launched Step UP!, a bystander program developed at the University of Arizona that aims to raise awareness regarding helping behavior,...
December 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
Psychological maltreatment in childhood can not only increase – but also independently contribute to – risk for negative outcomes comparable to those imparted by exposure...
December 1st, 2014
By Howard Newman
Preliminary results from The Learning Habit Survey (LHS), an online national research project that polled 21,145 parents are providing data about children’s behavior. The...
December 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Long revered for his work with family and group systems, David Kantor, Ph.D., continues to press forward even in his 80s with groundbreaking theories and models. The founder of...
December 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Spectrum: A Life-Span Approach”
By Eric A. Storch and Dean McKay
American Psychological Association
Washington,...
December 1st, 2014
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
When it comes to life’s little annoyances, right up there with greenhead flies on the beach and that wad of cotton in the aspirin bottle, is the email message that threatens...
